Certification (FYI)

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Certifications in all areas of IT consulting are becoming more prevalent, but which ones really make a difference in pay and hiring trends, here is the answer from new research and analysis at certmag.com and our own research into the 3,000+ new requests for IT consultants over the last year:
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Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:
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Security Specialist - CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professionals) Cisco Network Specialist - CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Systems Administrator - MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Breakfix hardware technician - A+ SAP Functional Expert - SAP Certification in the module required i.e. FI/CO, MM, HR, PM

Roles where certification can help:
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, e; C: w/ D! B% P" s% d1 HProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:

Business Analysis
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Quality Assurance
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Business Intelligence
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

+ _5 K1 Q$ }7 }, eMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
  f8 a( f7 x5 K9 y2 ^2 YCCNA     - average $9967 increase
% k5 V  I6 A1 ^9 j. r3 B+ S6 KCNE      - average $7262 increase
MCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
# G0 _; S2 p* b# e9 q8 T) J, d5 ?Network+ - average $6487 increase
( k. I' O& m4 {6 E- L: J" j7 VA+       - average $5134 increase

The only professional certification in Canada is the Information Systems Professional (I.S.P.) designation from CIPS. More information can be found at www.cips.ca/standards on this designation and the impact it can have on your marketability as a consultant.
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Humor
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6 P9 p& @% s+ r: b1 K2 o9 ZTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
8. "It worked yesterday."
" [+ Y/ I) E: k- ]: f7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
: I4 ]# ?4 U9 m. X2 R- ~4. "Did you check for a virus?"
1 P$ \) F. r2 V- m. i" F3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
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and finally ...

: |8 \+ C- B9 d1. "I thought I fixed that."

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